Hi, all. This blog will be covering basics of various East Asian languages, particularly those of China, Korea, and Japan. The focus will be comparing and contrasting differences between the languages, and provide a unique learning approach for those ambitious polyglots (and wannabes) who intend to learn more than one language. At present, I plan to provide side by side comparisons of Mandarin, Shanghainese, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Korean, and Japanese vocabulary. Grammar for the Chinese languages will be grouped together, and Korean and Japanese grammar will be grouped together, and I will do my best to explain the differences within each set.
Things to look for in the future:
audio examples: Yes, I realize these are extremely crucial, but I'm going to have to ask everyone to be patient for a little bit. I have technical problems to solve before this can be realized.
More technical linguistical/historical explanations: Don't worry, they'll come.
Other languages?: Depending on material I have, other languages that may pop up here for comparison with the main languages are Hakka, Teochew/Chaozhou, Fuzhounese, and Vietnamese. I would be nice to have more languages, but I do not have access to native speakers for all of them (I hope you understand).
Anyway, thanks for stopping by, and please provide input as to what you want out of this site!
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